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The Lava & Ignite club in Northampton has had its licence suspended pending an investigation after a crush on the premises killed student Nabila Nanfuka.

Northampton University student Nabila Nanfuka died in the nightclub (Pic: Masons)

The 22-year-old leisure and tourism student at Northampton University is thought to have been caught in the stampede after an announcement from the DJ that coaches were leaving followed by a fire alarm caused panic.

This morning Northampton Borough Council suspended the town centre club’s licence while an investigation is carried out.

Simon Douglas. chief executive of the club’s owners Luminar Leisure, told the council’s licensing committee he was deeply saddened by the death and said the firm had launched its own investigation into the incident.

He added the group had no objection to the licence being suspended in order for the review to take place.

The family of Miss Nanfuka described her as ‘one in a million’ and a ‘beautiful person’.

Two other women, who have not been identified, were critically injured in the incident and are being treated in Northampton General Hospital.